The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-26
TURNING OFF The ELOQUENCE.
The Railroad Commission Bill
Ready for Signing.
Indefinite POstponement Of the Pre-
requisite Bill,
Apportionment Of Senatorial Districts and Repre-
sentafises-The Legislature Cuts Down
the sub-TropicaI Appropriation.

Special 10 the Palntka Netrs.
TALLAHASSEE, May 25.-The five min
ute rule was adopted this morning i'm the
Senate, but it will be SO easy to secure
unanimous consent to extend the limit of
will be gained, considering the disposi-
tion of the banquet last night. Both
houses have done fair days work. The
effort to reconsider the passage of the
bill for the appointment of inspectors of
fertilizers, in the Senate, failed.
The Senate Appropriation Committee
reported the bill to secure a display of
the States resources at the Sub-Tropical
Exposition amended from 5000 to
1000.
The bill to make appropriations for the
Agricultural College was considered,
amended to appropriate $4,000 for a
chemical library, 81, 900 for farm build
ings, wagons, horses, ETC., $1,000 for a
building for the Industrial School and
equipment, 81 900 for contingent fund
and $500 for n reference library.
The Senate also passed, with amend
ments, House Bill No. 1, the Railroad
Commission Bill
In the House the bill to establish a
white normal school at Gainesville and
colored normal school at Jacksonville
was reported by the Committee ON Edu-
cation with amendments. The minority
report opposes the establishment of the
school at Jacksonville and favOrs Gaines
villa for the Sfrnnp off
yet being made to locate the white
school at De Funiak and the colored
school at Ocala.
The bill to reimburse citizens of Ocala
for aid rendered to the East Florida Semi
nary in 1852, passed to the second read
ing.
The House Bill defining the liability of
of stockholders under the general incor-
poration laws, was passed; also the House
Bill prescribing the bonds to be given by
certain county officers.
The substitute for House Bill No. 81,
to require electors to pay capitation
tax before exercising the right of suf-
frage, was indefinitely postponed, on
motion of Mr.. Parker, by the following
vote:
YEAS Messrs J. Anderson, sanderson, Bas-
kin, Belcher, Bielby, Bitch of Alachua, Bitch
of Levy, Carlton, Carr, Davidson of Escamba,
Douglass, Ffllingill, Frazier, Gibbs, Goodbread,
Hendry, Hicks, Kinds, Johns. Jones, Kelly,
Latham, Mckinnon, Mason, Mitchell, Newan;
Parker, People, Pelot, SAXON. shaver, Tomp-
kins, Tippen, Umstead, Willie and Wilson-:6
NAYs-Mr. Speaker, Messrs. Campbell, Chap
man, Clark. Crawford, CROMWELL Daniel, Dun
can of Sumter, Dyal, Floyd, Gamer, Hail, Ha-
Ven, Lamar, Perpall, Rourke, Shuler. Spear,
StrOm, Walker, Warning, Washington and
woods-2l
MIR. Saxon moved to reconsider the
last vote and moved to lay the motion
ON the table, which was agreed to.
The House also passed the bill to es-
tablish the County Court of Escambia
County, and the bill to establish the
Criminal Court of Orange County.
The bill to establish County Courts in
Alachua and Leon was amended to in
clude Duval and Putnam.
TIE bill to prevent the pollution of
certain lakes in Volusia and Putnam
Counties was also passed by the House.
THE APPoRTIoNMENTs.
The Committee IN Census and Appor-
tiOnment reported to-day the apportion-
ment.
1t makes the Senate apportionment as
follows:
First District, Escambia.
Second District, Santa Rosa.
Third District, jackson.
Fourth District, Milton, Holmes and
Calhoun.
Fifth District, Liberty, Franklin, and
Washington
Sixth District, Gadsden.
Seventh District, Polk.
Eighth District, Leon.
Ninth District, Jefferson.
Tenth District, Madison.
Eleventh District, Hamilton.
Twelfth District, Taylor and Layfay-
cite
Thirteenth District, Alachua.
Fourteenth District, Columbia.
Fifteenth District, Bradford.
Sixteenth District, Nassau.
Seventeenth District, Putnam.
Eighteenth District, Duval.
Nineteenth District, Marion.
Twentieth District, Orange and
Osceola.
Twenty-first District, Dade and Bre-
vard.l
Twenty-second District, fernando.
Twenty-third District, Sumter and
Lake.
Twenty-fourth District, Monroe and
Lee.
Twenty-fifth District. Walton.
Twenty-sixth District, Suwanee.
Twenty-seventh District, Manatee and
DE Soto.
Twenty-eighth District, Clay and Ba-
ker.
Twenty-ninth District, Volusia-
Thirtieth District. Hillsboro.
Thirty-first District, st. Johns.
Thirty-second District. Levy.
The appointment for the House OF
Representatives is as follows Alachua
3; Baker. 1: Bradford, 1; Brevard, l.
Calhoun, /: Clay, l.; Columbia, 2; Dade
1; Duval, 3: De Soto, L; Escambia, 8
Franklin, 1; Gadsden, ,; Hamilton, 2
fernando, 2; Hillsboro, 2: Lake, L
Lee, 1; Holmes, L; Jackson, 2
Jefferson, 3; Lafayette, 1; Leon, B
Levy, 1; Liberty, 1; Madison, 8; Manatee
1; Marion, 3; Monroe, 1: Nassau, 2; Os
ceola, 1; Orange, B; Polk, L; Putnam, 2
st. Johns, 1; Santa Rosa, 2; Sumter, /
Suwanee, ,; Taylor, 1: volusia, 4; Wa
kulla, 1; Walton, L; Washington, 1.
CHoATE.